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A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... worries over a US slowdown and searching for confirmation of this. There was only one release on this day - the Fed's Beige Book. There was nothing horrendous in the report, overall economic activity expanded at a "moderate pace" with some districts ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... better-than-expected US retail sales, car sales, ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing reports and a more upbeat Beige book. But it's not only the biggest economy in the world that's showing signs of revival, the second biggest is also. Latest data ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... earnings outlook. Shares took little notice of the improved view of the US economy from the Federal Reserve's regional "Beige Book" survey. At the close on Wednesday the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 128.56 points, or 0.95 per cent, at 13,344.97. ...

The QE question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... from the initial estimate of 1.5%. Not much to write home about but still an improvement. Likewise, the Fed's latest Beige Book survey found that economic activity "continued to expand gradually" across most regions and sectors in July and August. And ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... 1.7 per cent from 1.5 per cent, and data on pending home sales in July was strong. But the Federal Reserve's periodic Beige Book survey of regional economies, a key input into policy decisions, was slightly less buoyant than the previous report, suggesting ...

The twain could not meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... economy has decelerated but not enough to warrant Fed action. A fact confirmed by the Fed's own survey. In its latest Beige Book survey of business conditions, the Fed found the economy expanded at a "modest to moderate" pace in June and early July ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... climbed 9.11 (0.67 per cent) to 1,372.78, while the tech-rich Nasdaq surged 32.56 (1.12 per cent) to 2,942.60. The Fed's Beige Book report said that "overall economic activity continued to expand at a modest to moderate pace in June and early July," ...

The Fed, the ECB and the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... better-than-expected econ and survey stats coming out of America over the past months. Speaking of which, the Fed's latest Beige Book survey of its 12 Districts released last night found that: "... the economy continued to expand at a modest to moderate ...

No please explain needed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... Expectations were for a drop to 61.0. Wait there's one more. The Fed's own survey and assessment of economic conditions - the Beige Book - showed moderate growth in all 12 of the Fed's districts in January and early Feb. "Manufacturing continued to expand ...

Somethin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... economy. More important - there is no looming recession. This as much was the conclusion from the Fed's most recent Beige Book survey: "Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts indicate that overall economic activity continued to expand in September ...